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n. Work to be done, obligation.

n. Unpaid debt.

ad. To or in the rear; behind; backwards.

n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, .

See arear.

Backward; into or toward the rear; back; behind.

n. The state of being behind or behindhand: as, his work is in arrear.

n. The rear.

n. That which is behind in payment; a debt which remains unpaid, though due: generally used in the plural and implying that a part of the money is already paid: as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.

"Fiction is always far in arrear of popular opinion, but there are a few romancers who are coming abreast of the times in portraiture."

in arrears   

behind    backwards    arrearage    Deb   

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